India consigned Pakistan to a humiliating 76-run defeat in their first match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Adelaide on Sunday. This was India’s sixth straight World Cup win over their arch-rivals. Defending champions India rode Virat Kohli’s brilliant 107 to score 300/7 after skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat....

Declaring “justice has been done,” President Obama announced late Sunday that Usama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan, marking the end of the worldwide manhunt that began nearly a decade ago on Sept. 11, 2001.
The president made the stunning announcement within hours of informing congressional leaders. He...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday met US demands for an inquiry into how Osama bin Laden lived for years under the noses of its military but refused to be blamed alone for Al-Qaeda or its mastermind.
In a 30-minute address to parliament, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took veiled swipes at the United States and exonerated...

WASHINGTON: Barely disguising mutual antagonism, the United States and Pakistan on Thursday threatened each other with military action in the aftermath of the American raid on the Abbottabad compound to kill Osama bin Laden, even as sober elements on both sides scrambled to save the relationship from total breakdown.
The...

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD (Reuters) – President Barack Obama decided on Wednesday not to release photographs of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s body, saying they could incite violence and be used by militants as a propaganda tool.
Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking to head off suggestions that killing bin Laden...

WASHINGTON: The US wondered how Osama bin Laden managed to remain undetected in Pakistan for so long, saying it is “inconceivable” that he had no support system there and noted the Obama Administration is probing what helped the al-Qaida chief to hold on in the country.
“I think it’s inconceivable...

Mohammad Hafeez’ second career hundred was upstaged by rain and a blistering 76 from Lendl Simmons that condemned Pakistan to a one-run defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis Method in the fourth One-day International on Monday.
Pakistan were left to nurse their wounds, when the inclement weather that has dogged this island...

Former Pakistan batsman Mohsin Khan has credited himself as being the first national selection committee chief to really give opportunities to new players and build a new look national side.
Mohsin said that in the past selectors had claimed about blooding new players but given few chances to youngsters.
“I think...

Pakistan’s spinners have wreaked havoc with their doosras in the team’s two victories over the West Indies in the ongoing ODI series but former West Indies fast bowling legend Michael Holding has raised questions on the legality of the delivery.
The trio of Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez and Shahid Afridi have...

Sonia Gandhi exulted in bindaas manner, son Rahul led the applause as India came off victorious, Sachin Tendulkar added to his massive collection of MoM awards, Shahid Afridi apologised to his “nation” for losing…
The place to be, indeed, was the PCA Stadium.
Watched by the high and mighty, reputations were made, enhanced...